Hilary Benn, the Labour chair of the Brexit committee, rises to make his own point of order. He asks Bercow to confirm that the statement to MPs coming from Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, later won’t be immediately after the first two statements. It could be much later, he says.

Bercow says that is correct. The Barclay statement won’t necessarily be at the end of the parliamentary day, he says. But it could be quite late in the evening.

Stephen Barclay’s Brexit statement to MPs is likely to come quite late this evening, MPs told.

Bercow hints that tomorrow’s debate could be delayed to allow MPs extra time to table amendments

John Bercow, the speaker, is now responding to points of order.

In response to a question about whether MPs will take time to table amendments if the government tables its motion late tonight, he says there will be time tomorrow. He suggests, if necessary, the main debate could be delayed to ensure that MPs to get time to look at the motion properly and table manuscript amendments.

Bercow hints that tomorrow’s debate could be delayed to allow MPs extra time to table amendments.

Sky’s Faisal Islam says Downing Street will have to decide within the next hour whether or not Theresa May heads for Strasbourg.

Faisal Islam (@faisalislam)

Big judgement for Number 10 in next hour - fly PM to Strasbourg expecting to return with something she thinks she can sell as gamechanging or admit it’s the same deal being returned for meaningful vote...

Back in the Commons, Labour’s Kevin Brennan says it is customary on this occasion to says people have the monkey, not the organ-grinder. But on this occasion MPs have not even got the monkey, he says. And they have not even got the codpiece, he says.

Anna Soubry, the Independent Group MP, asks how MPs will be table to table amendments to the motion if it only gets tabled at close of play tonight, at 10.30pm.

Walker says the government wants to publish the motion as soon as possible.

John Bercow, the speaker, says Soubry is right to say 10.30pm is the deadline for the government to table a motion for publication on the order paper tomorrow.

He says, given the concerns MPs have about the time available to table amendments, he can assure them that if necessary he will accept manuscript amendments (ie, amendments tabled by hand on the day, rather than those tabled in advance and printed on the order paper).

The PM was ready to agree to what Michel Barnier proposed on Friday on arbitration assurances, not the revised backstop, but was overruled by London. EU sources *think* this was Geoffrey Cox, but not certain.Deal was off at 8.30 last night.

Senior EU sources said in amb meeting that if British MPs decided to vote for the impossible, then they would be choosing no-deal."If you vote for something that is not on the table... it would be a vote for no-deal," one EU diplomat tells me.

Hilary Benn, the Labour chair of the Brexit committee, asks why the Irish foreign minister said Theresa May would be travelling to Strasbourg later for Brexit talks. And, if there is an agreement, will the meaningful vote tomorrow be enough to approve the withdrawal agreement under the terms of the EU Withdrawal Act?

Walker says Benn is asking questions he cannot answer. But he says Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, has agreed to appear before the Brexit committee tomorrow to answer questions.

Barclay was due to appear before the committee this afternoon, but Walker’s response implies this session has been postponed.